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Where does “mionairgead” come from?

mionairgead (Irish) comes from Irish airgead, from Irish -óir, from Old Irish -óir, from Proto-Brythonic -ọr, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

mionairgead (Irish): small change; petty cash

Definitions

  1. small change; petty cash

Ancestry of “mionairgead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishairgeadsilver; money, sum of money
2Irish-óir-er; suffix appended to words to create an agent...
3Old Irish-óir—
4Proto-Brythonic-ọr—
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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